Placebo are coming for Nottingham — and they’re not tiptoeing in.
The seminal rock act today announced a six-date UK & Ireland tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their superb self-titled debut album- and they are going to be playing our neck of the woods.
Part of a massive European trek, They kick off the UK & Ireland leg at Nottingham Motorpoint Arena on Saturday, November 28 2026.
As well as announcing the tour, the group also revealed the upcoming release of Placebo RE:CREATED, a new reworking of the record that first introduced them to the world in 1996.
The album will be released on June 19, 2026 via Elevator Lady Ltd.
Originally arriving at the height of the Britpop era, Placebo stood in stark contrast to the prevailing cultural mood. While much of British guitar music at the time leaned into laddish nostalgia and national identity, Placebo’s debut was a bit more provocative and confrontational, with songs addressing sexuality, androgyny, addiction and alienation, establishing the band as one of the most distinctive voices of their generation.
Thirty years on, Placebo RE:CREATED sees the band return to this pivotal album with a fresh perspective. The new record features reworked and embellished versions of all ten tracks from the original album plus two bonus tracks from the original release, capturing the way these songs have evolved across decades of performance while retaining the raw spirit that defined them.
Among the tracks are the era-defining singles “Nancy Boy” and “36 Degrees”, songs that helped establish Placebo’s reputation for fearless lyricism and genre-defying sound.
The album was recreated by Brian Molko and Rob Kirwan from the original master tapes and mixed by Adam Noble. The result is a collection that preserves the original while pushing the sound into new territory – reflecting both the band’s long history with these songs and their continued creative evolution.
Speaking about the new record at the launch, Placebo said: “We think of this record as a director’s cut. We haven’t recreated it from scratch. We went back to the original master tapes and brought 30 years of playing these songs live back into the record.
“This project was about finally finishing the record, dragging it into the 21st century sonically, while preserving the integrity and the spirit of the original. It’s not about improving it, there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s about completing it.
“When we made the first album, we didn’t yet have the experience or the studio knowledge to fully translate what was in our heads. Over the years, the songs took on a life of their own on stage; they grew, they developed, they kind of completed themselves.
It’s a celebration of where we began, and a meeting point between who we were then and who we are now. It’s a way of honouring that innocence, while letting the songs exist with the scale, confidence, and energy of the band we’ve become.”
On the the tour, the band will be performing songs from their first two albums, Placebo and Without You I’m Nothing – some of which have not been performed live for over 20 years.
All tickets available here: https://placebo.ffm.to/live
Placebo RE:CREATED will be available to pre-order from 18th March across a range of physical formats, including 1CD, 2CD, Cassette, a Box Set, and five vinyl variants including a Picture Disc.
PLACEBO RE:CREATED TRACKLISTING
- Come Home
- Teenage Angst
- Bionic
- 36 Degrees
- Hang On To Your IQ
- Nancy Boy
- I Know
- Bruise Pristine
- Lady of the Flowers
- Swallow
- Drowning By Numbers
- H.K. Farewell
